Moving Capitalism to an Innovative State

At Project Syndicate, Dank Rodrik talks about the need to update our thinking of capitalism in relation to labor, calling for a publicly managed venture capital system where the technology gains of modern capitalism can be realized while funneling some of the profits back to society. “Financial markets in the advanced economies provide risk capital …

Flow-Throughs Are the Answer

The Proskauer Tax Blog has a great write up on the potential effects of the House Bill. Aside from the great analysis of planning around these new rules, I want to highlight the lack of technical skill and competence that the GOP is throwing at these bills: “But the bills were drafted quickly…some of the …

Economics and Neoliberalism

Dani Rodrik talks about neoliberalism and the ways in which the field of economics needs to escape its grasp here: https://bostonreview.net/class-inequality/dani-rodrik-rescuing-economics-neoliberalism Conceptualizing laws, policies, economies using physical space is a great way to approach these kinds of abstract issues, and I think Rodrik hits a lot of interesting points of discussion with this kind of …

Accountants and Vinyl

Henry Rollins talks about accountants and what it means to invest in a recent article. “The point I am making is that I buy records because I medicate with music. It makes the day-to-day horror show of existence endurable. It’s like waking and baking but with a different stash.”